Bust of a Man
Artist
Roman School
(French)
Dateca. 1720
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 32 3/4 inches (83.19 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Object number79-43
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 119
Collections
Exhibition HistoryNo known exhibition history at this time.
The identities of both the artist and sitter associated with this portrait bust are uncertain. It is typical, however, of the stylistic approach of early-18th-century Rome, where the Baroque style was invigorated by a new sense of realism both in painting and sculpture. This is particularly apparent here in the sitter's informal but distinctive dress, and in his very individualized features that the artist has not attempted to idealize.
With Lampronti
Gallery, London, by 1979;
Purchased from Lampronti Gallery by Heim Gallery, London, stock no. 76/79, as by Louis-François Roubiliac, by April 1979 [1];
Purchased from Heim Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1979.
NOTES:
[1] Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Special Collection, Heim Gallery Records, box 202, Commission book 1970-1985.
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